Publications (2001-2010)

Selected pertaining earlier works are included.

Sub-Project 1+ D

• März J, Verney R, Wirtz KW, Feudel U (2010) Modelling flocculation processes: Intercomparison of a size class-based model and a distribution-based model. Continental Shelf Research, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.011. pdf-file
  
• März J, Wirtz KW (2009) Resolving physically and biologically driven suspended particulate matter dynamics in a tidal basin with a distribution-based model. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 84 (1): 128-138. pdf-file
  
• Gross T, Feudel U (2009) Local dynamical equivalence of certain food webs. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 417-427. DOI 10.1007/s10236-008-0165-2. pdf-file
  
• Gross T, Edwards AM, Feudel U (2009) The invisible niche: weakly density-dependent mortality and the coexistence of species. J Theor Biol 258: 148-155. pdf-file
  
• Ebenhöh W, Baurmann M, Harmand P (2009) Period 7 in a line of trees. Ecological Complexity 6: 172-182
  
• Baurmann M, Gross T, Feudel U (2007) Instabilities in spatially extended predator-prey systems: Spatio-temporal patterns in the Neighborhood of Turing-Hopf bifurcations. J Theor Biol 245: 220-229
• Schmitz Y, Baurmann M, Engelen B, Feudel U (2007) Pattern formation of competing microorganisms in sediments. Math Mod Nat Phenom 2: 74-104. pdf-file
  
• Gross T, Feudel U (2006) Generalized models as a universal approach to the analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems. Phys Rev E 73: 016205: 297-310. pdf-file
  
• Baurmann M, Ebenhöh W, Feudel U (2005) Bakterien-Nährstoffmodell: Muster im Wattsediment. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 22-24. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
• Gross T, Wirtz KW (2005) Nahrungsketten im Watt: Fressen und gefressen werden. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 16-18. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
• Gross T, Ebenhoeh W, Feudel U (2005): Long food chains are in general chaotic. Oikos 109: 135-144. pdf-file
  
• Gross T, Feudel U (2004) Analytical search for bifurcation surfaces in parameter space. Physica D 195: 292-302. pdf-file
  
• Gross T, Ebenhoeh W, Feudel U (2004) Enrichment and foodchain stability: The impact of different forms of predator-prey interaction. J Theor Biol 227: 349-358. pdf-file
  
• Baurmann M, Feudel U (2004) Turing patterns in a simple model of a nutrient-microorganism system in the sediment. Ecological Complexity 1 (2004) Elsevier: 77-94. pdf-file
• Baurmann M, Ebenhöh W, Feudel U (2004) Turing instabilities and pattern formation in a benthic nutrient-microorganism system. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 1 (2004): 111-130. pdf-file

Sub-Project 2

• Holstein J, Wirtz KW (2010) On the origin of highly active biogeochemistry in deeper coastal sediments – inverse model studies. BGD 7: 2065-2097. pdf-file
• Holstein JM, Hensen C (2010) Microbial mediation of benthic biogenic silica dissolution. Geomarine Letters 30: 477-492. 10.1007/s00367-009-0181-3. pdf-file
  
• Kohlmeier C, Ebenhöh W (2009) Modelling the biogeochemistry of a tidal flat ecosystem with EcoTiM. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 393-415. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0188-3. pdf-file
  
• Bernhardt K (2008) Finding alternatives and reduced formulations for process-based models. Evolutionary Computation 16 (1): 63-88
• Kohlmeier C, Ebenhöh W (2007) Mass conserving modelling of aquatic ecosystems with a variable tide level - why extrapolation from point tracers is inadmissible and how to solve the problem with a semi Lagrangian approach. Ecological Modelling 207 (2-4): 293-303. pdf-file
  
• Kohlmeier C, Ebenhöh W (2007) Modelling the ecosystem dynamics and nutrient cycling of the Spiekeroog back barrier system with a coupled Euler-Lagrange model on the base of ERSEM. Ecological Modelling 202 (3-4) : 297-310. pdf-file
  
• Wirtz KW, Wiltshire K (2005) Long-term shifts in marine ecosystem functioning detected by inverse modeling of the Helgoland Roads time-series. J Mar Syst 56: 262-282
  
• Wirtz KW (2005) Aktivitätswechsel: Warum Bakterien schlafen. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 28-30. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
• Ebenhöh W, Kohlmeier C, Baretta JW, Flöser G (2004) Shallowness may be a major factor generating nutrient gradients in the Wadden sea. Ecological Modelling 174 (3): 241-252. pdf-file
• Wirtz KW (2003) Control of biogeochemical cycling by mobility and metabolic strategies of microbes in the sediments: an integrated model study. FEMS Microb Ecol 46: 295-306
• Wirtz KW, Schuchardt B (2003) Auswirkungen von Rohrleitungen und Stromkabeln. In: Lozan JL, Rachor E, Reise K, Sündermann J, v Westernhagen H (eds) Warnsignale aus Nordsee & Wattenmeer - Eine aktuelle Umweltbilanz. Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen + GEO:154-160
• Wirtz KW (2002) A generic model for changes in microbial kinetic coefficients. J of Biotechnol 97: 147-162
• Köhler P, Wirtz KW (2002) Linear understanding of a huge aquatic ecosystem model using a group-collecting sensitivity study. Environmental Modelling & Software 17: 613-625

Sub-Project 3

• Beck M, Riedel T, Graue J, Köster J, Kowalski N, Wu CS, Wegener G, Lipsewers Y, Freund H, Böttcher ME, Brumsack HJ, Cypionka H, Rullkötter J, Engelen B (2011) Paleo-environmental imprint on microbiology and biogeochemistry of coastal quaternary sediments. Biogeosciences, 8: 55-68, doi:10.5194/bg-8-55-2011; Biogeoscienes Discuss., 7, 5463-5496, DOI:10.5194/bgd-7-5463-2010. pdf-file
  
• Riedel T, Lettmann, K, Schnetger B, Beck M, Brumsack HJ (2011) Rates of trace metal and nutrient diagenesis in an intertidal creek bank. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 75: 134-147. DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.040. pdf-file
  
• Grunwald M, Dellwig O, Kohlmeier C, Beck M, Kotzur S, Kowalski N, Liebezeit G, Brumsack HJ (2010) Nutrient dynamics in a backbarrier tidal basin of the Southern North Sea: Time-series, model simulations, and budget estimates. J Sea Res. 210: 199-212. pdf-file
• Riedel T, Lettmann K, Beck M, Brumsack HJ (2010) Tidal variations in groundwater storage and associated discharge from an intertidal coastal aquifer. JGR 115: C04013, DOI 10.1029/2009JC005544. pdf-file
  
• Reuter R, Badewien TH, Bartholomä A, Braun A, Lübben A, Rullkötter J (2009) A hydrographic time series station in the Wadden Sea (southern North Sea). Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 195-211. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0196-3. pdf-file
  
• Badewien T, Zimmer E, Bartholomae A, Reuter R (2009) Towards continuous long-term measurements of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in turbid coastal waters. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 227-238. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0183-8. pdf-file
  
• Lübben A, Dellwig O, Koch S, Beck M, Badewien T, Fischer S, Reuter R (2009) Distributions and characteristics of dissolved organic matter in temperate coastal waters (Southern North Sea). Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 263-275. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0181-x. pdf-file
  
• Beck M, Köster J, Engelen B, Holstein JM, Gittel A, Könneke M, Riedel T, Wirtz K, Cypionka H, Rullkötter J, Brumsack H-J (2009) Deep pore water profiles reflect enhanced microbial activity towards tidal flat margins. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 371-383. DOI 10.1007/s10236-008-0176-z. pdf-file
  
• Grunwald M, Dellwig O, Beck M, Dippner JW, Freund J, Kohlmeier C, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2009) Methane in the southern North Sea: Sources, spatial distribution and budgets. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 81: 445-456. pdf-file
  
• Beck M, Dellwig O, Liebezeit G, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2008) Spatial and seasonal variations of sulphate, dissolved organic carbon, and nutrients in deep pore waters of intertidal flat sediments. ECSS 79 (2): 307-316. pdf-file
  
• Beck M, Dellwig O, Holstein JM, Grunwald M, Liebezeit G, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2008) Sulphate, dissolved organic carbon, nutrients and terminal metabolic products in deep pore waters of an intertidal flat. Biogeochemistry 89 (2): 221-238. pdf-file
  
• Beck M, Dellwig O, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2008) Cycling of trace metals (Mn, Fe, Mo, U, V, Cr) in deep pore waters of intertidal flat sediments.Geochim Cosmochim Acta 72:2822-2840. pdf-file
  
• Burchard H, Flöser G, Staneva JV, Badewien T, Riethmüller R (2008) Impact of density gradients on net sediment transport into the Wadden Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography 38:566-587. pdf-file
  
• Grunwald M, Dellwig O, Schnetger B, Liebezeit G, Reuter R, Brumsack H-J (2007) A novel time-series station in the Wadden Sea (NW Germany): First results on continuous nutrient and methane measurements. Mar. Chem. 107: 411-421. pdf-file
  
• Beck M, Dellwig O, Kolditz K, Freund H, Liebezeit G, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2007) In situ pore water sampling in deep intertidal flat sediments. Limnol Oceanogr Meth 5: 136-144. pdf-file
  
• Dellwig O, Beck M, Lemke A, Lunau M, Kolditz K, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2007) Non-conservative behaviour of molybdenum in coastal waters: Coupling geochemical, biological, and sedimentological processes. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 71: 2745-2761. pdf-file
  
• Dellwig O, Bosselmann K, Kölsch S, Hentscher M, Hinrichs J, Böttcher ME, Reuter R, Brumsack H-J (2007) Sources and fate of manganese in a tidal basin of the German Wadden Sea. J Sea Res 57: 1-18. pdf-file
  
• Gemein N, Stanev EV, Brink-Spalink G, Wolff JO, Reuter R (2006) Patterns of suspended matter in the East Frisian Wadden Sea: Comparison of numerical simulations with MERIS observations. EARSel eProceedings 5(2): 180-198. pdf-file
  
• Koch S, Garen W, Neu W, Reuter R (2006) Resonance fluorescence spectroscopy in laser-induced cavitation bubbles. Anal Bioanal Chem 385:312-315,
  DOI 10.1007/s00216-006-0324-6. pdf-file
  
• Reuter R (2005) Meeresdaten rund um die Uhr: Die Station im Watt. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 6-8. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
• Steigenberger S, Terjung F, Grossart H-P, Reuter R (2004) Blue-fluorescence of NADPH as an indicator of marine primary production. EARSeL eProceedings 3(1): 18-25. pdf file
• Schröder M, Barth H, Reuter R (2003) Impact of inelastic scattering on underwater daylight in the ocean: model evaluation, validation, and first results. Applied Optics, 42(21): 4244-4260. pdf file
• Dellwig O, Böttcher ME, Lipinski M, Brumsack H-J (2002) Trace metals in Holocene coastal peats and their relation to pyrite formation (NW Germany). Chem Geol 182: 423-442
• Hinrichs J, Dellwig O, Brumsack H-J (2002) Lead in sediments and suspended particulate matter of the German Bight: natural versus anthropogenic origin. Appl Geochem 17: 621-632
• Barth H, Reuter R, Schröder M (2001) Measurement and simulation of substance specific contributions of phytoplankton, gelbstoff, and mineral particles to the underwater light field in coastal waters. In: Reuter R (ed) Lidar Remote Sensing of Land and Sea, EARSeL eProceedings 1: 165-174. pdf-file

Sub-Project 4 and C

• Bartholomä A, Kubicki A, Badewien TH, Flemming BW (2009) Suspended sediment transport in the German Wadden Sea - seasonal variations and extreme events. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 213-225. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0193-6. pdf-file
  
• Lettmann K, Wolff J-O, Badewien T (2009) Modeling the impact of wind and waves on suspended particulate matter fluxes in the East Frisian Wadden Sea (southern North Sea). Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 239-262. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0194-5. pdf-file
  
• Stanev EV, Dobrynin M, Pleskachevsky A, Grayek S, Günther H (2009) Bed shear stress in the southern North Sea as an important driver for suspended sediment dynamics. Ocean Dynamics 59: 183-194. DOI 10.1007/s10236-008-0171-4. pdf-file
  
• Stanev EV, Grayek S, Staneva J (2009) Temporal and spatial circulation patterns in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. Ocean Dynamics 59: 167-181. DOI 10.1007/s10236-008-0159-0. pdf-file
  
• Gräwe U, Wolff J-O (2009) Suspended particulate matter dynamics in a particle framework. Env Fluid Mech. DOI 10.1007/s10652-009-9141-8. pdf-file
  
• Staneva J, Stanev EV, Wolff J-O, Badewien TH, Reuter R, Flemming BW, Bartholomä A, Bolding K (2009) Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics in the German Bight. A Focus on Observations and Numerical Modelling in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. PECS 2006 Special Issue, Continental Shelf Research, 29 (1): 302-319. pdf-file
  
• Wolff J-O (2009) High resolution modelling of hydro- and sedimentdynamics. Leidl R, Hartmann AK (Eds), Modern Computational Science, BIS Verlag, Oldenburg, Summerschool lecture notes, ISBN 978-3-8142-2169-4, 213-251
• Burchard H, Flöser G, Staneva JV, Badewien T, Riethmüller R (2008) Impact of density gradients on net sediment transport into the Wadden Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography 38:566-587
• Bartholomä A, Schrottke K, Winter C (2008) Sand wave dynamics: Surfing between assumptions and facts. In: Parson D, Garlan T, Best J (eds) Marine and River Dune Dynamics, pp 17-24
• Hartmann D, Flemming BW (2007) From particle size to sediment dynamics: An introduction. Sediment Geol 202: 333-336
• Bartholomä A, Flemming BW (2007) Progressive grain-size sorting along an intertidal energy gradient. Sediment Geol 202 (3): 464-472
  
• Stanev EV, Brink-Spalink G, Wolff J-O (2007) Sediment dynamics in tidally dominated environments controlled by transport and turbulence. A case study for the East Frisian Wadden Sea. J Geophys Res 112, C04018, doi:10.1029/2005JC003045. pdf-file
  
• Chang TS, Flemming BW, Bartholomä A (2007) Distinction between sortable silts and aggregated particles in muddy intertidal sediments of the East Frisian Wadden Sea, southern North Sea. Sediment Geol 202 (3): 453-463
• Flemming BW (2007) The influence of grain-size analysis methods and sediment mixing on curve shapes and textural parameters: implications for sediment trend analysis. Sediment Geol 202: 425-435
• Stanev EV, Flemming BW, Bartholomä A, Staneva JV, Wolff J-O (2007) Vertical circulation in shallow tidal inlets and back barrier basins. Cont Shelf Res 27: 798-831. pdf-file
  
• Dellwig O, Bosselmann K, Kölsch S, Hentscher M, Hinrichs J, Böttcher ME, Reuter R, Brumsack H-J (2007) Sources and fate of manganese in a tidal basin of the German Wadden Sea. J Sea Res 57: 1-18. pdf-file
  
• Winter C, Katoshevski D, Bartholomä A, Flemming B (2007) Grouping dynamisc of suspended matter in tidal channels. J Geophys Res 112, C08010, DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003423
  
• Gemein N, Stanev EV, Brink-Spalink G, Wolff JO, Reuter R (2006) Patterns of suspended matter in the East Frisian Wadden Sea: Comparison of numerical simulations with MERIS observations. EARSel eProceedings 5(2): 180-198. pdf-file
  
• Chang TS, Jördel O, Flemming BW, Bartholomä A (2006) The role of particle aggregation/disaggregation in muddy sediment dynamics and seasonal sediment turnover in a back-barrier tidal basin, East Frisian Wadden Sea, southern North Sea. Mar Geol 235: 49-61. pdf-file
• Chang TS, Flemming BW, Tilch E, Bartholomä A, Wöstmann R (2006) Late Holocene stratigraphic evolution of a back-barrier tidal basin in the East Frisian Wadden Sea, southern North Sea: transgressive deposition and its preservation potential. Facies 52: 329-340. pdf-file
  
• Chang TS, Flemming BW (2006) Sedimentation on a wave-dominated, open-cost tidal flat, southwestern Korea: summer tidal flat - winter shoreface - discussion. Sedimentology 53: 687-691
• Chang TS, Bartholomä A, Flemming BW (2006) Seasonal dynamics of fine-grained sediments in a back-barrier tidal basin of the German Wadden Sea (southern North Sea). J Coastal Res 22: 328-338
• Stanev EV, Wolff J-O, Brink-Spalink G (2006) On the sensitivity of the sedimentary system in the East Frisian Wadden Sea to sea-level rise and wave-induced bed shear stress. Ocean Dynamics 56: 266-283, DOI 10.1007/s10236-006-0061-6. pdf-file
  
• Stanev EV, Brink-Spalink G, Wolff J-O (2005) Transport controlled sediment patterns in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. In: Flemming BW, Hartmann D, Delafontaine MT (eds). From particle size to sediment dynamics, Research Centre Terramare Reports, No 13:141-146. pdf-file
  
• Jördel O, Flemming BW, Bartholomä A (2005) Flocculation, floc-breakup and grain-size composition of suspended sediments in tidal waters of the southern North Sea. In: Flemming BW, Hartmann D, Delafontaine MT (eds). From particle size to sediment dynamics, Research Centre Terramare Reports, No 13: 86-89
• Flemming BW (2005) Factors affecting the shape of particle frequency distributions and associated textural parameters. In: Flemming BW, Hartmann D, Delafontaine MT (eds). From Particle Size to Sediment Dynamics. Research Centre Terramare, Wilhelmshaven, Reports No. 13: 49-54. ISSN 1432-797X
• Chang TS, Flemming BW, Bartholomä A (2005) Distinction between sortable silts and aggregated particles in muddy intertidal sediments of the southern North Sea. In: Flemming BW, Hartmann D, Delafontaine MT (eds). From Particle Size to Sediment Dynamics. Research Centre Terramare,Wilhelmshaven, Reports No 13: 31-35. ISSN 1432-797X
• Brink-Spalink G, Wolff J-O, Stanev EV (2005) Modelling mud and sand transport in the East Frisian Wadden Sea. In: Flemming BW, Hartmann D, Delafontaine MT (eds). From particle size to sediment dynamics, Research Centre Terramare Reports, No 13: 21-24. pdf-file
  
• Bartholomä A, Flemming BW (2005) Progressive size sorting along an intertidal energy gradient. In: Flemming BW, Hartmann D, Delafontaine MT (eds). From Particle Size to Sediment Dynamics. Research Centre Terramare, Wilhelmshaven, Reports No 13: 17-20. ISSN 1432-797X
• Bartholomä A, Ernstsen VB, Flemming BW, Bartholdy J (2004) Bedform dynamics and net sediment transport paths over a flood-ebb tidal cycle in the Gradyb channel (Denmark), determined by high-resolution multi-beam echosounding. Danish J Geogr 104: 45-55
• Delafontaine MT, Flemming BW, Thimm M (2004) Large-scale trends in some mass physical properties of Danish Wadden Sea sediments, and implications for organism-sediment interactions. Danish J Geogr 104: 57-69
• Stanev EV, Brink-Spalink G, Wolff J-O (2004) On the sensitivity of the sediment system in the East Frisian Wadden Sea to climate change. In: Gönnert G, Grassl H, Kelletat D, Kunz H, Probst B, von Storch H, Sündermann J (eds), Klimaänderung und Küstenschutz: 63-72. pdf-file
  
• Stanev EV, Flöser G, Wolff J-O (2003) First- and higher-order dynamical controls on water exchanges between tidal basins and the open ocean. A Case study for the East Frisian Wadden Sea, Ocean Dynamics PECS 2002 Special Issue, Vol 53 (3): 146-165, ISSN 1616-7341. pdf-file
  
• Stanev EV, Wolff J-O, Burchard H, Bolding K, Flöser G (2003) On the Circulation in the East Frisian Wadden Sea: Numerical modeling and data analysis. Ocean Dynamics 53 (1): 27-51, ISSN 1616-7341. pdf-file
• Flemming BW (2002) Effects of climate and human interventions on the evolution of the Wadden Sea depositional system (Southern North Sea). In: Wefer G, Berger W, Behrke K-E, Jansen E (eds) Climate development and history of the North Atlantic realm, 399-413. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg

Sub-Project 5

• Rink B, Grüner N, Brinkhoff T, Ziegelmüller K, Simon M (2011) Regional patterns of bacterial community composition and biogeochemical properties in the southern North Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, accepted
  
• Simon (2009) Tidal flats. In: Encyclopedia of Geobiology. Springer. Heidelberg. in press
• Lemke A, Lunau M, Badewien TH, Simon M (2010) Short-term and seasonal dynamics of bacterial biomass production and amino acid turnover in the water column of an intertidal ecosystem, the Wadden Sea. Aquat Microb Ecol 61: 205-218 (doi 10.3354/ame01453). pdf-file
  
• Zhao C, Brinkhoff T, Burchardt M, Simon M, Wittstock G (2009) Surface selection, adhesion, and retention behavior of marine bacteria on synthetic organic surfaces using self-assembled monolayers and atomic force microscopy. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 305-315. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0184-7. pdf-file
  
• Lemke A, Lunau M, Stone J, Dellwig O, Simon M (2009) Spatio-temporal dynamics of suspended matter properties and bacterial communities in the backbarrier tidal flat system of Spiekeroog Island. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 277-290. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0190-9. pdf-file
  
• Stevens H, Simon M, Brinkhoff T (2009) Cultivable bacteria from bulk water, aggregates, and surface sediments of a tidal flat ecosystem. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 291-304. DOI 10.1007/s10236-008-0168-z. pdf-file
  
• Rink B, Martens T, Fischer D, Lemke A, Grossart HP, Simon M, Brinkhoff T (2008) Short-term dynamics of bacterial communities in a tidally affected coastal ecosystem. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 306-319. pdf-file
  
• Zhao C, Zawisza I, Nullmeier M, Burchardt M, Träuble M, Witte I, Wittstock G (2008) Microelectrochemical modulation of micropatterned cellular environments. Langmuir 24: 7605-7613
• Jogireddy R, Zawisza I, Wittstock G, Christoffers J (2008) Short Synthesis of a specifically perdeuterated hexaethylene glycol-terminated alkanethiol. Synlett 8: 1219-1221
  
• Dellwig O, Beck M, Lemke A, Lunau M, Kolditz K, Schnetger B, Brumsack H-J (2007) Non-conservative behaviour of molybdenum in coastal waters: Coupling geochemical, biological, and sedimentological processes. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 71: 2745-2761. pdf-file
• Winter C, Becker M, Ernstsen VB, Hebbeln D, Port A, Bartholomä A, Flemming B, Lunau M (2007) In-situ observation of aggregate dynamics in a tidal channel using acoustics, laser diffraction and optics. J Coast Res SI 50: 1173-1177. pdf-file
  
• Wittstock G, Burchardt M, Pust SE, Shen Y, Zhao C (2007) Scanning electrochemical microscopy for direct imaging of reaction rates. Angew Chem Int Ed 46: 1584-1617
  
• Wittstock G, Burchardt M, Nunes Kirchner C (2007) Scanning electrochemical microscopy in biosensor research. Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry 49: 907-939
• Wittstock G, Burchardt M, Pust S (2007) Applications of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM). Applied Scanning Probe Methods 7: 259-299
• Grossart HP, Simon M (2007) Interactions of planktonic algae and bacteria: Effects on algal growth and organic matter dynamics. Aquat Microb Ecol 47:163-176. pdf-file
  
• Rink B, Seeberger S, Martens T, Dürselen C, Simon M, Brinkhoff T (2007) Effects of a phytoplankton bloom in a coastal ecosystem on the composition of bacterial communities. Aquat Microb Ecol 48: 47-60. pdf-file
  
• Stevens H, Brinkhoff T, Vollmers J, Rink B, Simon M (2007) Diversity and abundance of gram-positive bacteria in a tidal flat ecosystem. Environ Microbiol 9 (7): 1810-1822. pdf-file
  
• Zhao C, Witte I, Wittstock G (2006) Switching On Cell Adhesion with Microelectrodes. Angew Chem Int Ed 45: 5469-5471 and 7660
  
• Skylar O, Träuble M, Zhao C, Wittstock G (2006) Modelling steady-state experiments with a scanning electrochemcial microscope involving several independent diffusing species using the boundary element method. J Phys Chem B 110: 15869-15877
• Grossart HP, Czub G, Simon M (2006) Algae-bacteria interactions and their effects on aggregation and organic matter flux in the sea. Environ Microb 8: 1074-1084. pdf-file
• Lunau M, Lemke A, Dellwig O, Simon M (2006) Physical and biogeochemical controls of microaggregate dynamics in a tidally affected coastal ecosystem. Limnol Oceanogr 51(2): 847-859. pdf-file
• Stevens H, Stuebner M, Simon M, Brinkhoff T (2005) Phylogeny of Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes from oxic habitats of a tidal flat ecosystem. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 54: 351-365. pdf-file
• Bhaskar PV, Grossart HP, Bhosle NB, Simon M (2005) Production of macroaggregates from dissolved exopolymeric substances (EPS) of bacterial and diatom origin. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 53: 255-264. pdf-file
• Simon M, Lunau M, Lemke A (2005) Trübe Aussichten: Bakterien und Schwebstoffe im Watt. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 10-12. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
• Lunau M, Lemke A, Walther K, Martens-Habbena W, Simon M (2005) An improved method for counting bacteria from sediments and turbid environments by epifluorescence microscopy. Environ Microbiol 7 (7): 961-968. pdf-file
• Grossart HP, Levold F, Allgaier M, Simon M, Brinkhoff T (2005) Marine diatom species harbour distinct bacterial communities. Environ Microbiol 7: 860-873
• Stevens H, Brinkhoff T, Simon M (2005) Composition of free-living, aggregate-associated and sediment surface-associated bacterial communities in the German Wadden Sea. Aquat Microb Ecol 38: 15-30. pdf-file
• Lunau M, Sommer A, Grossart HP, Simon M (2004) A new sampling device for microaggregates in turbid aquatic systems. Limnol Oceanogr Methods 2: 387-397. pdf-file
• Grossart HP, Brinkhoff T, Martens T, Duerselen C, Liebezeit G, Simon M (2004) Tidal dynamics of dissolved and particulate matter and bacteria in a tidal flat ecosystem in spring and fall. Limnol Oceanogr 49: 2212-2222. pdf-file
• Selje N, Simon M, Brinkhoff T (2004) A newly discovered Roseobacter cluster in temperate and polar oceans. Nature 427: 445-448.pdf-file
• Bruns A, Philipp H, Cypionka H, Brinkhoff T (2003) Aeromicrobium marinum sp. nov., an abundant pelagic bacterium isolated from the German Wadden Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53: 1917-1923. pdf-file. Abstract
  

Sub-Project 6

• Sass H, Köpke B, Rütters H, Feuerlein T, Dröge S, Cypionka H, Engelen B (2010) Tateyamaria pelophila sp. nov. a facultatively anaerobic Alphaproteobacterium isolated from tidal-flat sediment, and emended descriptions of the genus Tateyamaria and of Tateyamaria omphalii. Int J Sys Evol Microbiol 60: 1770-1777. pdf-file
  
• Freese E, Rütters H, Köster J, Rullkötter J, Sass H (2009) Gammaproteobacteria as a possible source of eicosapentaenoic acid in sediments. Microbial Ecology 57: 444-454. pdf-file
  
• Engelen B, Cypionka H (2009) The subsurface of tidal flats as a model for the deep biosphere. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 385-391. pdf-file
  
• Rullkötter J (2009) The back-barrier tidal flats in the southern North Sea – a multidisciplinary approach to reveal the main driving forces shaping the system. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 157-165. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0197-2. pdf-file
  
• Freese E, Sass H, Rütters H, Schledjewski R, Rullkötter J (2008) Variable temperature-related changes in fatty acid composition among bacterial isolates from German Wadden Sea sediments representing different bacterial phyla. Organic Geochemistry 39: 1427-1438. pdf-file
  
• Freese E, Köster J, Rullkötter J (2008) Origin and composition of organic matter in tidal flat sediments from the German Wadden Sea. Organic Geochemistry 39: 820-829. pdf-file
  
• Fichtel J, Köster J, Rullkötter J, Sass H (2008) High variations in endospore numbers within tidal flat sediments revealed by quantification of dipicolinic acid. Geomicrobiology Journal 25, 371-380. (doi:10.1080/0149045080240287)
• Gittel A, Mußmann M, Sass H, Cypionka H, Könneke M (2008) Identity and abundance of active sulfate-reducing bacteria in deep tidal flat sediments determined by directed cultivation and CARD-FISH analysis. Environ Microbiol 10: 2645-2658. pdf-file
  
• Webster G, Yarram L, Freese E, Köster J, Sass H, Parkes J, Weightman A (2007) Distribution of candidate division JS1 and other bacteria in tidal sediments of the German Wadden Sea using targeted 16SrRNAgene PCR-DGGE. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 62: 78-89. pdf-file
  
• Fichtel J, Köster J, Scholz-Böttcher B, Sass H, Rullkötter J (2007) A highly sensitive HPLC method for determinaton of nanomolar concentrations of dipicolinic acid, a characteristic constituent of endospores. J Microbiol Meth 70: 319-327. pdf-file
  
• Fichtel J, Köster J, Rullkötter J, Sass H (2007) Spore dipicolinic acid contents used for estimating the number of endospores in sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61: 522-532. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00354.x. pdf-file
  
• Wilms R, Sass H, Köpke B, Cypionka H, Engelen B (2007) Methane and sulfate profiles within the subsurface of a tidal flat are reflected by the distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria and methanogenic archaea. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 59: 611-621, DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00225.x. pdf-file
• Wilms R, Köpke B, Sass H, Chang TS, Cypionka H, Engelen B (2006) Deep biosphere-related bacteria within the subsurface of tidal flat sediments. Environ Microbiol 8 :709-719. pdf-file
• Wilms R, Sass H, Köpke B, Köster J, Cypionka H, Engelen B (2006) Specific bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic communities in tidal-flat sediments along a vertical profile of several meters. Appl Environ Microbiol 72: 2756-2764. pdf-file
• Köpke B, Wilms R, Engelen B, Cypionka H, Sass H (2005) Microbial Diversity in Coastal Subsurface Sediments: a Cultivation Approach using various electron acceptors and substrate gradients. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:7819-7830. pdf-file
• Rullkötter J (2005) BioGeoChemie des Watts. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 4-5. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
  
• Engelen B (2005) Im Untergrund des Watts: Bakterien in der "tiefen Biosphäre". Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 25-27. ISSN 0930/825. pdf-file
• Rütters H, Sass H, Cypionka H, Rullkötter J (2002) Microbial communities in a Wadden Sea sediment core - clues from analyses of intact glyceride lipids, and released fatty acids. Org Geochem 33: 803-816. pdf-file
• Rütters H, Sass H, Cypionka H, Rullkötter J (2002) Phospholipid analysis as a tool to study microbial communities. J Microbiol Meth 48: 149-160. pdf-file

Sub-Project 7

• Jansen S, Walpersdorf E, Werner U, Billerbeck M, Böttcher ME, de Beer D (2009) Functioning of intertidal flats inferred from temporal and spatial dynamics of O₂, H₂S and pH in their surface sediment. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 317-332. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0179-4. pdf-file
  
• Kowalski N, Dellwig O, Beck M, Grunwald M, Fischer S, Piepho M, Riedel T, Freund H, Brumsack H-J, Böttcher ME (2009) Trace metal dynamcis in the water column and pore waters in a temperate tidal system: Response to the fate of algae derived organic matter. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 333-350. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0192-7. pdf-file
  
• Al-Raei AM, Bosselmann K, Böttcher ME, Hespenheide B, Tauber F (2009) Seasonal dynamics of microbial sulfate reduction in temperate intertidal surface sediments: Controls by temperature and organic matter. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 351-370. DOI 10.1007/s10236-009-0186-5. pdf-file
  
• Røy H, Lee JS, Jansen S, de Beer D (2008) Tide driven deep pore-water flow in intertidal sand flats. Limnol Oceanogr 53: 1521-1530
• Billerbeck M, Roy H, Bosselmann K, Hüttel M (2007) Benthic photosynthesis in submerged Wadden Sea intertidal flats. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 71 (3-4): 704-716
  
• Böttcher ME, Brumsack H-J, Dürselen CD (2007) The isotopic composition of modern seawater sulfate: I. Coastal waters with special regard to the North Sea. J Mar Sys 67: 73-82
• Mussmann M, Hu FZ, Richter M, de Beer D, Preisler A, Jorgensen BB, et el (2007) Insights into the genome of large sulfur bacteria revealed by analysis of single filaments. Plos Biology 5: 1923-1937. pdf-file
  
• Billerbeck M, Werner U, Bosselmann K, Walpersdorf E, Hüttel M (2006) Nutrient release from an exposed intertidal sand flat. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 316: 35-51. pdf-file
• Billerbeck M, Werner, Polerecky L, Walpersdorf E, de Beer D, Hüttel M (2006) Surficial and deep pore water circulation governs spatial and temporal scales of nutrient recycling in an intertidal sand flat sediment. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 236: 61-76. pdf-file
  
• Werner U (2006) Spatial and temporal patterns of mineralization rates and oxygen distribution in a permeable intertidal sand flat (Sylt, Germany). Limnol Oceanogr 51: 2549-2563
  
• Mussmann M, Richter M, Lombardot T, Meyerdierks A, Kuever J, Kube M, Glöckner FO, Amann R (2005) Clustered genes related to sulfate respiration in uncultured prokaryotes support the theory of their concomitant horizontal transfer. J of Bacteriology 187 (20), 7126-7137. pdf-file
• Böttcher ME, Jørgensen BB (2005) Leben an der Grenze: Die alltägliche Sintflut. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 19-21. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
• Flies C, Jonkers H, de Beer D, Bosselmann K, Böttcher ME, Schüler D (2005) Diversity and vertical distribution of magnetotactic bacteria along chemical gradients in freshwater microcosms. FEMS Microbial Ecol 52, 185-195
  
• Mussmann M, Ishii K, Rabus R, Amann R (2005) Diversity and vertical distribution of cultured and uncultured Deltaproteobacteria in an intertidal mud flat of the Wadden Sea. Environ Microbiol 7 (3): 405-418. pdf-file
• Polerecky L, Franke U, Werner U, Grunwald B, de Beer D (2005) High spatial resolution measurement of oxygen consumption rates in permeable sediments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 3: 75-85
• Ishii K, Mussmann M, McGregor B, Amann R (2004) An improved fluorescence in situ hybridization protocol for the identification of bacteria and archaea in marine sediments. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 50: 203-212
• Böttcher ME, Hespenheide B, Brumsack H-J, Bosselmann K (2004) Stable isotope biogeochemistry of the sulfur cycle in modern marine sediments: I. Seasonal dynamics in a temperate intertidal sandy surface sediment. Isotopes Environ Health Stud. 40: 267-283. pdf-file
  
• Precht E, Hüttel M (2004) Rapid wave-driven advective pore water exchange in a permeable coastal sediment. J Sea Res 51: 93-107
  
• Böttcher ME (2003) Schwarze Flecken und Flächen im Wattenmeer. In: Lozan JL, Rachor E, Reise K, Sündermann J, v. Westernhagen H (eds.) Warnsignale aus Nordsee & Wattenmeer - Eine aktuelle Umweltbilanz. Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen + GEO, 193-195
• Bosselmann K, Böttcher ME, Billerbeck M, Walpersdorf E, de Beer D, Brumsack H-J, Hüttel M, Jørgensen BB (2003) Biogeochemistry of the coupled manganese-iron-sulfur cycles in intertidal surface sediments. Geophys Res Abst. 5: 12774. pdf-file
  
• Mussmann M, Schulz HN, Strotmann B, Kjaer T, Nielsen LP, Rossello-Mora RA, Amann RI, Jørgensen BB (2003) Phylogeny and distribution of nitrate-storing Beggiatoa spp. in coastal marine sediments. Environm Microbiol 5 (6): 523-533
• Bosselmann K, Theune A, Hespenheide B, Lilienthal S, Böttcher ME (2002) S-Fe-Mn biogeochemistry of temperate intertidal sediments of the North Sea. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 66: A94
• Llobet-Brossa E, Rabus R, Böttcher ME, Könneke M, Finke N, Schramm A, Meyer RL, Grötzschel St, Rosselló-Mora R, Amann R (2002) Community structure and activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an intertidal surface sediment: a multi-method approach. Aquat Microb Ecol 29: 211-226

Sub-Project 8

• Engelen B, Cypionka H (2009) The subsurface of tidal flats as a model for the deep biosphere. Ocean Dynamics 59 (2): 385-391. DOI 10.1007/s10236-008-0166-1. pdf-file
  
• Wilms R, Sass H, Köpke B, Cypionka H, Engelen B (2007) Methane and sulfate profiles within the subsurface of a tidal flat are reflected by the distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria and methanogenic archaea. FEMS Microbiol Ecol DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00225.x. pdf-file
  
• Wilms R, Sass H, Köpke B, Köster J, Cypionka H, Engelen B (2006) Specific bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic communities in tidal-flat sediment along a vertical profile of several meters. Appl Environ Microbiol 72: 2756-2764. pdf-file
• Engelen B (2005) Im Untergrund des Watts: Bakterien in der "tiefen Biosphäre". Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 25-27. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file
  

Sub-Project 9

• Sebesvari Z, Esser F, Harder T (2006) Sediment-associated cues for larval settlement of the infaunal spionid polychaetes Polydora cornuta and Streblospio benedicti. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 337: 109-120. pdf-file
• Harder T (2005) Sessile Lebensweise: Neubausiedlungen im Watt. Einblicke Forschungsmagazin der Universität Oldenburg Nr. 41: 14-15. ISSN 0930/8253. pdf-file